Focus
Research areas
Biography
Current Research
Information and authenticity. From a historical perspective: how we come to trust information we encounter and how we led credibility to information we share and what role brands and other forms of certification play.
Other Research
See Information: A Historical Companion, co-edited with Profs. Anthony Grafton (Princeton), Ann Blair (Harvard), and Anja Goeing (Zurich). Princeton University Press, 2021.
Education
BA, English & Philosophy, Bristol University, UK, 1976
MA, English Literature, Washington University, St. Louis, 1980
What is the best thing about working at the I School?
Multidisciplinary faculty and students.
What Information issues interests you most?
Questions of authenticity of information.